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A Century Later, New Math Smooths Out General Relativity

November 30, 2023

Mathematicians prove a theorem that illuminates the geometry of universes with tiny amounts of mass.

Math Proof Draws New Boundaries Around Black Hole Formation

August 16, 2023

For a half century, mathematicians have tried to define the exact circumstances under which a black hole is destined to exist. A new proof shows how a cube can help answer the question.

JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

August 14, 2023

Giant black holes were supposed to be bit players in the early cosmic story. But recent James Webb Space Telescope observations are finding an unexpected abundance of the beasts.

Quantum Complexity Shows How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox

August 2, 2023

Inside of a black hole, the two theoretical pillars of 20th-century physics appear to clash. Now a group of young physicists think they have resolved the conflict by appealing to the central pillar of the new century — the physics of quantum information.

A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos

June 29, 2023

Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make the neutrinos useful for exploring fundamental physics.

An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’ Moves Through the Universe

June 28, 2023

Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves pervading the cosmos.

In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death

June 6, 2023

The puzzling behavior of black hole interiors has led researchers to propose a new physical law: the second law of quantum complexity.

Wormhole Experiment Called Into Question

March 23, 2023

Last fall, a team of physicists announced that they had teleported a qubit through a holographic wormhole in a quantum computer. Now another group suggests that’s not quite what happened.

Shadows in the Big Bang Afterglow Reveal Invisible Cosmic Structures

March 13, 2023

Cosmologists are using secondary signatures from the cosmic microwave background to map the universe’s hidden matter.

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